Savannah Petroleum PLC Appointment of Chief Operating Officer (5856W)
December 12 2019 - 1:00AM
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Savannah Petroleum PLC
12 December 2019
12 December 2019
Savannah Petroleum PLC
("Savannah" or "the Company")
Appointment of Chief Operating Officer
Savannah Petroleum PLC, the British independent oil & gas
company focused on activities in Niger and Nigeria, is pleased to
announce the appointment of Antoine Richard as the Company's Chief
Operating Officer, with effect from 12 December 2019.
Antoine has over 20 years' experience in the oil & gas
industry, including over 10 years' experience of working in West
Africa. Antoine previously acted as VP Operations for Savannah
between 2016 and 2018, and prior to this had worked for both major
(Total) and independent (Perenco) oil and gas companies. He has a
strong operational background, with a focus on production
optimisation, onshore facilities design and operation, management
of drilling campaigns and seismic acquisition programs. Previous
positions at Perenco included Global HSE Manager, Country Manager
roles for DR Congo, Egypt and Venezuela and Area Manager for Egypt
& North Africa.
Antoine will be based in Lagos, and is replacing David Clarkson
who, having served as Chief Operating Officer since June 2018, will
be returning to his role on Savannah's Board as a Non-Executive
Director.
Andrew Knott, CEO of Savannah Petroleum, said:
"I would like to warmly welcome Antoine back to the Company. He
brings a significant amount of operational experience to the
Savannah team and joins at a very exciting time for the Company. I
would also like to thank David for his significant contribution as
we executed on our Niger operational campaign and conducted the
integration of our Nigerian assets."
For further information
contact:
+44 (0) 20 3817
Savannah Petroleum 9844
Andrew Knott, CEO
Isatou Semega-Janneh, CFO
Jessica Ross, VP Corporate
Affairs
Strand Hanson (Nominated +44 (0) 20 7409
Adviser) 3494
Rory Murphy
James Spinney
Ritchie Balmer
+44 (0) 20 7878
Mirabaud (Joint Broker) 3362
Peter Krens
Ed Haig-Thomas
Numis Securities (Joint +44 (0) 20 7260
Broker) 1000
John Prior
Emily Morris
Alamgir Ahmed
Jefferies International +44 (0) 20 7029
Limited (Joint Broker) 8000
Tony White
Will Soutar
+44 (0) 20 8434
Celicourt Communications 2754
Mark Antelme
Jimmy Lea
Ollie Mills
The information contained within this announcement is considered
to be inside information prior to its
release, as defined in Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation
No.596/2014, and is disclosed in accordance with the Company's
obligations under Article 17 of those Regulations.
Notes to Editors:
About Savannah Petroleum
Savannah Petroleum PLC is an AIM listed oil and gas company with
exploration and production assets in Niger and Nigeria. Savannah's
flagship assets include the R1/R2 and R3/R4 PSCs (which cover c.50%
of the highly prospective Agadem Rift Basin ("ARB") of South East
Niger) and interests in the cash flow generative Uquo and Stubb
Creek oil and gas fields and Accugas midstream business in South
East Nigeria.
Further information on Savannah Petroleum PLC can be found on
the Company's website:
http://www.savannah-petroleum.com/en/index.php
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